Camponotus yogi

Camponotus yogi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. yogi
Binomial name
	Camponotus yogi; Wheeler, W.M., 1915 Specimen labels
Synonyms
	Colobopsis apostemata Mackay, 2018; Colobopsis cavibregma Mackay, 2018;

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.867° to 32.13333333°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Mexico (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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This species is a xenobiont for the ant Temnothorax andrei (a xenobiont) in United States (Creighton & Snelling, 1966; Kanizsai et al., 2013) (Chaparral. In living stems of Haplopappus pinifolius.).

Flight Period

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Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

yogi. Camponotus yogi Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 420 (s.w.) U.S.A. (California).
- Type-material: 1 syntype major worker, 1 syntype minor worker.
- Type-locality: U.S.A.: California, Point Loma nr San Diego, Raja Yogi Institute (P. Leonard).
- Type-depository: unknown.
- [Notes (i): Creighton, 1950a: 401, says the types are “apparently lost or misplaced”; (ii) Creighton & Snelling, 1968: 187, explain that the types were lost in 1938 when part of W.M. Wheeler’s collection was being transferred from MCZC to AMNH.]
- Creighton & Snelling, 1967: 191 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1970: 650 (l.).
- Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 156;
- combination in C. (Colobopsis): Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 562;
- combination in Colobopsis: Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 215;
- combination in C. (Camponotus): Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 45.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 562; Emery, 1925b: 156; Creighton, 1950a: 401; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 847; Creighton & Snelling, 1967: 187; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1434; Bolton, 1995b: 130; Ward, 2005: 63; McArthur, 2012: 160; Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 215 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of apostemata: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 45.
- Senior synonym of cavibregma: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 45.
- Distribution: Mexico, U.S.A.
apostemata. Colobopsis apostemata Mackay, W., in Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 100, figs. 18. 19, 107-112, pls 8-9 (s.w.) MEXICO (Baja California).
- Type-material: holotype major worker, 5 paratype major workers, 16 paratype minor workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Baja California Norte, Tecate, 9.vi. (no collector’s name); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: LACM (holotype); BMNH, LACM, MCZC, WEMC (paratypes).
- Combination in Camponotus: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 45.
- Junior synyonym of yogi: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 45.
cavibregma. Colobopsis cavibregma Mackay, W., in Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 107, figs. 113-118 (w.q.) U.S.A. (California).
- Type-material: holotype queen, 1 paratype minor worker.
- Type-locality: holotype U.S.A.: California, Riverside County, Skinner Reservoir, 33.59°N, 117.07°W, 4470 ft, iii.1997, PIT U7 #3 HYM 396 (T. Prentice); paratype with same data.
- Type-depository: LACM
- Junior synonym of yogi: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 45.

Description

References

Creighton, W. S.; Snelling, R. R. 1967 [1966]. The rediscovery of Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) yogi Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 73: 187-195 (page 195, queen, male described)
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 156, Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
Kanizsai, O., Lőrinczi, G., Gallé, L. 2013. Nesting associations without interdependence: A preliminary review on plesiobiosis in ants. Psyche 2013, 238602 (doi:10.1155/2013/238602).
Mackay, W.P., Mackay, E.E. 2018. Revision of the New World Cork-Headed ants of the genus Colobopsis: 279 pp. Lambert Academic Publishing.
Ward, P.S., Boudinot, B.E. 2021. Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79, 37–56 (doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978).
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1970b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae: second supplement. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 63: 648-656 (page 650, larva described)
Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 389-421 (page 420, soldier, worker described)
Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 52: 457-569 (page 562, Combination in C. (Colobopsis))